Threats To Corporate Security
Sunday February 29, 2004
Security expert Douglas Schweitzer, author of Incident Response, has written a feature article for Processor.com which talks about the state of corporate security and what are the primary threats to ... Read More
Add Netsecurity to Your My Yahoo! Page
Sunday February 29, 2004
If you are one of the millions of users who have a personalized My Yahoo page, you can now add the headlines from the About.com Internet / Network Security site ... Read More
Windows To Add New Security Tools With XP Service Pack 2
Friday February 27, 2004
In addition to the Execution Protection Technology which will work in conjunction with newer AMD and Intel CPU's to prevent buffer overflow attacks, Service Pack 2 also includes the Security ... Read More
Hackers Use Patches To Develop Exploits
Friday February 27, 2004
Vulnerabilities are found in operating systems and applications on a virtually daily basis. Often, security experts feel like it is a race between the good guys and the bad guys. ... Read More
Is Open Source Software More Secure?
Friday February 27, 2004
A couple of recent events have brought the debate of open source vs. closed source code to the forefront of security debates. On the one hand, you have the recent ... Read More
Critical Vulnerabilities Found In Linux Kernel
Monday February 23, 2004
Polish security firm iSec Security Research last week announced the discovery of 3 new vulnerabilities discovered in Linux. The flaws could result in an attacker being able to escalate privileges ... Read More
Security Alerts and Bulletins
Sunday February 22, 2004
I created a new Subject area this week under the General Security area called Security Alerts and Bulletins. This Subject area will house security news and advisories of Medium or ... Read More
Critical ZoneAlarm Flaw
Thursday February 19, 2004
Zone Labs ZoneAlarm 4 products, including ZoneAlarm Pro 4.x, ZoneAlarm Plus 4.x, ZoneAlarm 4.x and Zone Labs Integrity 4.x, are vulnerable to exploitation due to a potential buffer overflow in ... Read More
Wireless Network News and Information From JiWire.com
Tuesday February 17, 2004
JiWire.com is a site dedicated to wireless networking. The site contains tons of information about wireless network "hotspots" - or public wireless networks. It catalogs them by which ones are ... Read More
Zero-Day Exploit of CHM Vulnerability in IE
Sunday February 15, 2004
An exploit has been discovered for a previously unknown flaw in Internet Explorer which can allow an attacker to execute malicious code on the vulnerable system. As you surf the ... Read More
Book Review: Maximum Wireless Security
Friday February 13, 2004
There are lots of books on wireless network concepts and technology and a number of books specifically about wireless security. This book, as its title suggests, leans toward the security ... Read More
Free Wireless Network Security Tools
Friday February 13, 2004
A new section has been added to the Free Internet / Network Security Tools portion of the site. The Free Wireless Security Tools section contains tools to help you test, ... Read More
Wireless Network Security
Friday February 13, 2004
This is an older article, but still a very hot topic. After some recent research I changed a portion of it related to encryption. I had stated previously that 128-bit ... Read More
Book Review: Crackproof Your Software
Thursday February 12, 2004
Crackproof Your Software: Protect Your Software Against Crackers by Pavol Cerven is an excellent book for anyone developing software for profit. As a developer you need to know the tricks ... Read More
ASN.1 Vulnerability - What's The Big Deal?
Thursday February 12, 2004
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-007 addresses a buffer overrun flaw in the ASN.1 implementation in every version of Windows since Windows 98. Some say this may be the biggest vulnerability in ... Read More
Monthly Security Bulletins Released by Microsoft
Tuesday February 10, 2004
The MS04-004 Security Bulletin that was released last week was just a drill. That one was actually a couple months late and was not a part of their official monthly ... Read More
Microsoft Releases MS04-004- A Critical Patch For Internet Explorer
Sunday February 8, 2004
Last week Microsoft released their cumulative patch for Internet Explorer. The MS04-004 Security Bulletin broke the new monthly release schedule Microsoft has been adhering to for security patches, but then ... Read More
Book Review: Programming .NET Security
Saturday February 7, 2004
O'Reilly Publishing generally publishes exceptional books- especially when it comes to programming. This book is no exception. Adam Freeman and Allen Jones have written a must-read book for anyone programming ... Read More
Patch Management
Tuesday February 3, 2004
Patch management is arguably one of the most important things for a network or security administrator to do as well as possibly one of the most logistically difficult to accomplish. ... Read More
ATShield v1.2 Helps Eradicate Trojans
Tuesday February 3, 2004
Running updated antivirus software and keeping your system patched against known vulnerabilities are two of the best ways to ensure that no malicious code gets into your computer. However, there ... Read More
XOSoft To Port WANSync For IBM AIX
Tuesday February 3, 2004
XOSoft has reached an agreement with IBM to port their WANSync real-time data migration and replication tool for use with AIX servers. IBM has also agreed to utilize WANSync as ... Read More